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The Patriots announced their initial roster for the 2010 regular season Saturday night, and it was absent of a few big names who were among the last round of cuts.

Linebackers Derrick Burgess, Pierre Woods and Eric Alexander were all released. Wide receiver Sam Aiken, who was the Patriots' special teams captain in 2009, was also among the last 20 players who were chopped from the roster.

The Patriots also acquired two players via trade — safety Jarrad Page from the Chiefs, and linebacker Tracy White from the Eagles.

Like underdogs? A few of them made the roster, including defensive lineman Kyle Love, linebacker Dane Fletcher and wide receiver Matthew Slater, who missed all but one practice of training camp with a calf injury.

Keep in mind there will continue to be a flurry of roster moves throughout the league over the next few days. More trades are expected, and players are always claimed off waivers, so the players on the roster bubble aren’t completely safe just yet.

With that, here's a positional breakdown of the Patriots' initial roster.

Note: Former Patriots defensive end Jarvis Green was released by the Broncos, and he could be a good fit to reunite with New England. However, Green left because he wanted more playing time, so he'll likely still be interested in finding a starting role if one is available somewhere else.

Note: Page, a 2006 seventh-round pick out of UCLA, was holding out in Kansas City until this week. Reports out of K.C. indicated the Chiefs were eager to move on without him.Kicker (1)Stephen Gostkowski

Note: Good summer for Gostkowski? Yeah, you could say that.Punter (1)Zoltan Mesko

Note: Mesko averaged 41.7 yards on 18 punts in the preseason, and eight attempts were downed inside the 20-yard line.

Long Snapper (1)Jake Ingram

Note: Ingram's good friend, Ninkovich, did not wind up stealing his job.